Tag: Premier League

Watford concluded their greatest-ever season in the Premier League on a sour note, missing the chance to complete their first-ever league double over West Ham as they lost 4-1 at Vicarage Road.
In previous years the Hornets have been known to end their campaigns on the beach, so to speak, and they

There are fans, there are ‘Super fans’, and then there’s the Ledbury Wolves.
Father and son John and Anthony Reynolds, from the small Herefordshire market town of Ledbury, have missed just seven Wolverhampton Wanderers first team matches between them since 1974, despite living over 60 miles away from their home ground.
John,

The final series of Game of Thrones is finally with us! The Premier League title race is also coming to a head. What better way to celebrate both than to compare each of the Premier League's top six to one of the fantasy epics' Great Houses?
Liverpool = Targaryen
They’ve not sat on the throne for many years.

The stage is set for arguably the biggest game in the Championship season so far as Leeds United entertain promotion-rivals Sheffield United at Elland Road this Saturday lunchtime.
The fixture has been earmarked by many as the most significant game in Leeds’s recent history, including stalwart defender Pontus Jansson who has

Brendan Rodgers’ anticipated return to English football ended in defeat as his new club Leicester lost 2-1 to Watford, his first managerial encounter with the side where it all began eleven years ago.
Watford had given Rodgers his managerial debut in 2008 and he spent a year with the Hornets before

A fixture that hadn't produced a goalless draw in the previous 19 meetings failed to live up to its pre-game billing as neither Watford nor Burnley found a breakthrough at Vicarage Road.
Roberto Pereyra, Gerard Deulofeu and Troy Deeney all had chances to put Watford ahead in the first half, but

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Kick It Out, the charity set up in 1993 to, as it's slogan says, "kick racism out of football."
First established in 1993 as the "Let's Kick Racism Out of Football" campaign, the organisation started to evolve and widen its scope before formally adopting

It’s that time of the year where English football gifts fans it’s annual tradition of relentless Christmas action. It’s also that time of year where managers and players lament the jam-packed schedule facing all English clubs.
Fans and the media love the intense nature of the footballing calendar, but once

Christmas is the time for eating, being merry and, of course, giving gifts. Choosing gifts is hard at the best of times, but if you are shopping for a Manchester United fan, it can be near impossible – the mood of a United fan is as unpredictable as the weekly

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Whenever a high-profile managerial vacancy arises, the name Arsene Wenger is immediately thrust back into the spotlight. In the last three months alone, the Frenchman has been linked with the PSG, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Wenger spent over two decades in north London, guiding Arsenal to a trio of Premier